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UN gains Rohingya access

Sukumpol wants global help to resettle migrants

Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 00.00
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Thailand will allow the UN's refugee agency to visit nearly 850 Rohingya migrants detained after raids on hidden camps in the South.

Rohingya migrants whoare being held at Thung Lung police station in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district. They areamong843 Rohingya detained in three operations in Songkhla in the past twoweeks. TAWATCHAI KEMGUMNERD

At least 843 Rohingya have been arrested in the past week in police sweeps of remote areas in rubber plantations near the border with Malaysia, leading the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to try to confirm whether any of them plan to seek asylum.

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somnamna
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Discussion 6 : 17 Jan 2013 at 17.226
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D#1 Khun Rubyridge : They wear that hat as a reminder there is something above them called god and as a respect to him also to tell people we are muslims, the same goes to jews and it is called yamuka and kippah the later is smaller. You can see here is one reason why Islam is 100% copy of Judaism.
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Discussion 5 : 17 Jan 2013 at 07.325
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I think rubyridge is referring to the notion that if you wear the white hat, you have done the Hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Mecka in Saudi Arabia.
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Discussion 4 : 17 Jan 2013 at 07.214
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Discrimination! ... Why western countries so reluctant to let them migrate into their lands compare to other refugees? Do they discriminate? ...
And when Religionization comes to depopulate another ethnic group, what would u do?
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Discussion 3 : 17 Jan 2013 at 07.153
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D1: the jews in Germany at a certain time in history were not prosecuted because they were poor. Your assumption that only poor people can be victim of racism is a bit simple.
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Discussion 2 : 17 Jan 2013 at 05.072
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Rubyridge (disc 1) How can you say because they all have white hats that they have traveled to Saudi Arabia? The Rohingya are discriminated against and persecuted by their government. This has been in the news numerous times.
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Discussion 1 : 17 Jan 2013 at 02.111
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I see these folks are so persecuted that they all have white hats showing they have traveled to Saudi Arabia. Paid for by who? Their story is just not believable, send them home.
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